The one-tusked elephant constantly struggles after it is tied to a tree. It is later shot with a tranquiliser gun. But Malaysia's Department of Wildlife and National Parks

2008-06-05 - Segamat, Malaysia
THEY thought their job was almost done. Shoot the rogue elephant with a tranquiliser dart and wait for it to drop. But Malaysia's Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) team suffered a momentary scare when one of two wild elephants pulled out the dart with its trunk. Sent to Segamat, Johor to capture the two beasts, Perhilitan's elephant capture unit started searching for the pair of wild male elephants on 21 May, reported China Press. And just a week later, they found them, runn...

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